Solid State Logic X-EQ manual Introduction

1. Introduction

Thank yo u for p urchasing t he X-EQ plug-in for the S SL
Duende platform. X-EQ is	a vers atile and comprehensive
mastering grade parametric EQ plug-in built from the ground
up for Duende. It has an unpre cedented clarity, smoothness,
and excellent high-frequency response.
The use of innovative coefficient generation and in novative
processing design provides superior perfo		rmance that
surpasses analogue EQ in both art istic freedom and sound
quality. This plug- in may we ll provide all the different EQ
options you will ever need.
A total of 10 EQ bands are provided, split into dedicated HP
and LP filters, LF and HF shelves and 6 bell bands. A Parallel
EQ mode is also provided which recreates the characteristic
sound of an o ld parallel	passive PEQ ci	rcuit buil t wit h
inductors and capacitors.
In addi tion to this, different fi lter t ypes are provided

independently for each of the 10 bands. The HP and LP filters have 5 different topologies available, the 6 bell ban ds each offer 9 d ifferent characterist ic s hapes and the LF and HF shelving filters offer variable Q. Together these cover the vast majority of EQ styles currently popular amongst professional users, including some legacy style s which are renowned for their artistic capability and some unique designs only possible in the digital domain.

Liberated from any analogue style control legacy, the X-EQ graphical user interface will especially appeal to people who like to s ee what they are hearing. The fully interactive EQ display shows the exact filter shapes and resulting curves of the different EQ b ands, and a real-time spectrum analyser allows you to see the effect of your EQ settings on the overall frequency spectrum of the sound source. Extensive control options in clude d ragable EQ nodes, traditional m ouse parameter control and exact numerical entry.

The plug-in is available in both mono and stereo instances in VST, AU an d R TAS fo rmats ma king i t c ompatible w ith virtually all audio software currently available on both PC and Mac.

As with other Duende plug-ins, X-EQ is capable of operating at 44.1, 48, 88.2 a nd 96kHz sam pling rates, where a mono instance at 44.1/48kHz occupies 1 Duende processing slot. This figure is doubled for stereo use and doubled again for 88.2/96kHz operation.

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